Baron de MontesquieuWhen the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy. ✨ Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (2015). The Spirit of Laws, p.22, Librar… ▶372HumanityPolitics
Baron de MontesquieuLove of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.362LoveReading
Baron de MontesquieuTrade is the best cure for prejudice.373Death
Baron de MontesquieuA nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.363Thought
Baron de MontesquieuFriendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.352Reading
Baron de MontesquieuSuccess in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.363Time
Baron de MontesquieuEurope is a state with several provinces352Politics
Baron de MontesquieuThere is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.352Politics
Baron de MontesquieuThe tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.375Reflection
Baron de MontesquieuAs virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous the… ▶354Sadness
Baron de MontesquieuLaws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all beings have their laws: the Deity His laws, the materia… ▶366Politics
Baron de MontesquieuLiberty is the right to do what the law permits.333Politics
Baron de MontesquieuFalse happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.377Truth
Baron de MontesquieuMediocrity is a hand-rail.355Politics
Baron de MontesquieuThere is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix344Politics
Baron de MontesquieuLiberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it. ✨ Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (2015). The Spirit of Laws, p.… ▶367Politics
Baron de MontesquieuThe reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.356Truth
Baron de MontesquieuIn the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.346Politics
Baron de MontesquieuThe coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wi… ▶335Time
Baron de MontesquieuTo love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.324LoveReading
Baron de MontesquieuIn the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.357Politics
Baron de Montesquieu...when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.324PoliticsReading
Baron de MontesquieuThe Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage. ✨ Charles de Second… ▶346PoliticsReading
Baron de MontesquieuWe receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.358Reflection
Baron de MontesquieuSociety is the union of men and not the men themselves. ✨ Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations. Book by J.K. Hoyt & K.L. Roberts, p. 724 - 25, 1922.281HumanityReading
Baron de MontesquieuAn empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.3710Truth
Baron de MontesquieuLuxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.3710Reflection
Baron de MontesquieuPeace is a natural effect of trade.315Hope
Baron de MontesquieuThere is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves. ✨ Lettres Persan… ▶326Politics
Baron de MontesquieuNo tyranny is more cruel than the one practised in the shadow of the laws and under color of justice - when, so to speak, one proceeds to drown the unfortunate on the very plank b… ▶348HumanityPoliticsReading
